Habits

Why Rigid Writing Schedules Are for Privileged Men

How Elif Shafak finds inspiration in noisy places, juggles languages, and writes with love.

Nov 18, 2024

Joan Didion's Thoughts on Journaling

How the Practice of Recording Fragmented Memories and Imagined Truths Still Resonates in the Digital Age

Nov 7, 2024 •

Ray Bradbury's Creative Exercise To Generate Story Ideas

How Simple Lists of Nouns Can Spark Inspiration and Reveal Your Unique Voice

Oct 23, 2024 •

Neal Stephenson Politely Tells Solicitors to F*ck Off

"If I organize my life in such a way that I get lots of long, consecutive, uninterrupted time-chunks, I can write novels."

Oct 17, 2024 •

How Isaac Asimov Wrote Over 500 Books

The Writing Habits of the Famous Science Fiction Writer

Oct 15, 2024 •

Susan Sontag was Deadly Serious

Susan Sontag — How I Write

Oct 13, 2024 •

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